Conveyer-cable



H. F. ELLARD.

CONVEYER CABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1916.

1,305,204. Patented May 27,1919. I

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HUG-HIE. ELLARD, OF GILMORE, IDAHO.

GONVEYER-CABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed September 28, 1916. Serial No. 122,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH F. ELLARD, of

Gilmore, in the county of Lemhi and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyer-Gables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cables of the type used in conveying loads, such as logs, etc., by means of trail and hold-back ropes secured to the load and to the cable. I-Ieretofore these ropes have been attached to the conveying cable by means of grips or other clutching means and much trouble has been experienced by the slipping of the attaching means on the cable caused by the weight of the load and the inclination of the cable on up and down grades. The slipping of the attaching means causes abrasion and a con sequent impairment of the cable.

' The object of my invention is to overcome these diflicultics and to provide in a cable conveyer an improved, simple and eiiicient means to which trail ropes may readily be secured and the load efl'ectively moved without likelihood of the trail attaching means slipping or of causing damage to the conveyer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a portion of a conveyer cable embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the attaching loops. Fig. 3 shows a slightly modified form of loop. Fig. at is a detail.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a cable having hook-engaging loops 3 located at intervals along its length. These loops may be formed of the same or similar material of which the cable is made. The ends of the loops are spliced with the strands of the cable, and the latter is firmly bound with seizing wire t at the points of splicing to give greater strength to the connection.

To prevent possibility of injury to the conveyer cable or its score by the finger link or other attaching means of a trail rope I provide a filler 5, such as leather, raw hide,

or similar material, in the pits between the loops and the cable and secure such fillers in place by means of the wrapping of seizing wire l.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of hook engaging loop which comprises a central portion 6 of chain links and two end portions 7 formed of the same or similar material as the cable, these ends being spliced to the cable and forming in themselves loops for engaging the adjacent link of the portion 6. They may be provided with metallic or other eyelets 8 to prevent wear. As before described in reference to the cable having the loop formed of rope-material, fillers may be inserted in the loop pits to prevent injury to the cable.-

It will be observed that I have provided a very simple conveyer cable to which trail ropes or other load attaching means may be secured and the load efiectively transported over all courses without annoyance due to slipping of the trail rope and that the maximum strength of the conveyer is unaffected by engagement of the attaching means.

If desired, a grip, clutch, or chain may be attached to the loop without causing abrasion, pinching, or destruction of the main cable as has frequently been the case where such attaching means has been fastened directly to the cable.

I claim as my invention: v

1. A conveyer comprising a cable, a hook engaging portion paralleling said cable, and a filler in the pits between said hook engaging portion and said cable.

2. A conveyer comprising a cable, a hookengaging portion paralleling said cable, the ends of said hook-engaging portion being interwoven with the strands of said cable, and a filler in the pits between said hookengagingportion and said cable.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGH F. ELLARD- VVitnesse's:

BERNARD ALLHANDS, D. L. NIoHoLs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DJ 0. 

